Help identifying book cover photo

[joecool49er]

Can anyone help identify the cover photo from the book "Chickamauga and other Civil War Stories" edited by Shelby Foote? I've searched the national archives without success. It is one of my favorite photos and I would like to know the setting etc. Thank You.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Welcome to the forums.
I'm no photography expert by any means, but my feeling is it's modern (1990's?).
If it is Civil War, I'm sure one of our experts will be identify the photograph.

 

[AndyHall]

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This image appears on the dust jacket of the Time/Life Voices of the Civil Wat series volume, Soldier Life. It's credited to the National Archives.

Excellent series, BTW.

 

[Stony]

A guess. Matthew Brady?

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I was off by 130 years
As usual, great job Andy !

 

[TerryB]

I think it looks modern, too.

 

[Nathanb1]

Ken Burns used it in The Civil War....first episode, and the line is "The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places from......."

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This image appears on the dust jacket of the Time/Life Voices of the Civil Wat series volume, Soldier Life. It's credited to the National Archives.

Excellent series, BTW.

 

[CivilWarParlor]

Its on page 185 in the "The Civil War" Ric and Ken Burns.
"Confederate Pickets struggle to stay warm near Fredericksburg, Virginia"

 

[joecool49er]

Its on page 185 in the "The Civil War" Ric and Ken Burns.
"Confederate Pickets struggle to stay warm near Fredericksburg, Virginia"

Thanks. Does it reference a date/time?

...if this pic is modern they're the most authentic reenactors out there. Ha

 

[CivilWarParlor]

Thanks. Does it reference a date/time?

...if this pic is modern they're the most authentic reenactors out there. Ha

I found the original ....http://research.archives.gov/description/527550
National Archives Identifier:
527550
Local Identifier:
111-B-3368
Creator(s):

• War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (08/01/1866 - 09/18/1947) (Most Recent)

From:

• Series : Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1860 - 1865
• Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

 

[joecool49er]

I found the original ....http://research.archives.gov/description/527550

Good work! Thanks. I wonder what information the Ken Burns authors are using to claim they're Confederates outside Fredericksburg.

 

[CivilWarParlor]

Good work! Thanks. I wonder what information the Ken Burns authors are using to claim they're Confederates outside Fredericksburg.

I don't know, but I never thought they look Confederate, looks like Union Army to me.

 

[TerryB]

If Brady took it, they almost certainly have to be Union. They just plain don't look Confederate.

 

[joecool49er]

Yeah, photos of living soldiers are usually Union and that is what I've always assumed in this photo. I wish there was a better resolution image. I couldn't find this image in the Library of Congress collection (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp/) which usually has higher quality images and better descriptions.

Why are some images found in the LOC collection and others found in the National Archives collection where CivilWarParlor found it?

 

[CivilWarParlor]

You can see the image really well in the Book, its a full page. And you can tell even more they look Union.